29 AD Crucifixion of ChristSaint Paul The most important person for Christianity after Christ himself. His three missionary journeys. Martyred at Rome by beheading.200 to 400 Christianization (first Arianism then official Christianity) of Germanic tribes300 to 600 Decline of Roman Empire, Rise of primitive Germanic tribes as the central European power. Decline of classical learning, start of Dark Ages.Saint Augustine Perhaps the most important person for official Christianity after Christ & Paul. Played a central role in defending the Church against heretic & pagan philosophers. Thereby laid down the basics of what was to become Christendom. His autobiography "Confessions" was a masterpiece.600 to 1200 Dark Ages. Primitive Germanic Kings and a corrupt Catholic church as the power centers of European politics. A period of revisionism & backwardness in Europe.570 AD Birth of Muhammad Prophet of Islam632 AD Muhammad dies632 AD Muslim forces lead by Khalid Al-Walid (nicknamed by Prophet Muhammad as ... or Sword of Allah) win Battle of Yarmouk against Christian Byzantine forces, captures large parts of Syria & Iraq; thereby giving Islamic forces an opening out of Arabian main land (decisive in later Islamic expansion)630 to 1200 rise and expansion of Islam as a global religious, political and cultural forceIslamic forces vs Persian Empire711 Islamic forces invades the Iberian penisula (southern Portugal & Spain)Islamic forces invades the Indian subcontinent. Raja Dahir defeated by Muslim forces lead by732 Battle of Poiters: Charles Martel defeats Muslim forces thereby preventing the Islamization of Europe800 to 1000 Islamic Golden Age: Revival of classical Greek learning by Arabs, Many distinguished scholars & scientists in the Islamic world.1100-1200 Crusades

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Classical Greek learning and knowledge from China and India enter Europe via the Byzantine Empire and Muslim traders.The Great Enlightenment & Rennainssance in EuropeMartin Luther rises against the Catholic ChurchProtestant Reformation & Catholic Counter-Reformation helps to open the eyes of a Western Christendom from its self imposed Darkness

Byzantian Empire ends at the hands of invading Ottoman Turks. Seige of Constatinople (then renamed as Istanbul). Migration of Greek scholars to Europe (one of the main factors for Europen enligtenment)Mughal Empire1490 Defeat and explusion of Moors (Muslim rulers & communities) from Cordoba (Southern Spain)1492 Columbus discovers Americas1498 Vasco Da Gama find sea route to IndiaHernando CortezFransico Pizzaro1500 to 1950 European expansion and colonialization of the worldBattle of Lepanto Decisive European naval victory over Ottoman Turks (a significant event for European control of seas & colonialization)Francis BaconCopernicusGalileo GalileeJohannes KeplerIsaac NewtwonRene DescartesImmanuel KantKarl MarxCharles DarwinAlbert EinsteinJohn Von NuemannAlan TuringSchrodinger, Heisenberg, Bohr, De Broglie, ... Quantum MechanicsInvention of Transistor (Jack Kilby, Brattain, ...)ARPANET the later Internet1914-1918 First World War1939-1945 Second World WarKorean WarVietnam War1989 Tim Berners-Lee creates what is to become the World Wide Web